Improved wine and cider-mill



N-PETERS. PHUTD-LITHOGFAPHER, WASHINGTON. D C.

anca sam EDWARD c. LEWIS, or BENTON nnnonnrcrnenn Letters Patent No. 97 ,7 82,V dated December 14, 1869.

f IMPRD'VED WINEJAND CIDER-MILL vThe Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part the racine.4

I, EDWARD C'. LEWIS, of Benton Harbor-,in the county of Berrien, and State of Michigan, have invented a new and useful Combined Vine and Cider-` MilL Y lNature and Ubjects of tteInvent/ Eom My invention relates to tliat'class'of fruit-grinding mills adapted, by conversion, to grinding or crushing, to the proper extent, 'either apples, and similar fruits,

i (for cider, &c.,) or grapes, andsimilar fruit, (for wine,

VStoa) and t My invention consists in the employment, iu connection with suitably-arranged grinding or crushingdevices, of a novel and simple combination and arrangement of removable and adjustable guides and guards,

` and devices for supporting the same, by wh ich to make said conversion.

Description,` ofD-rawngs.

ln the accompanying drawing- Figure l representsa perspective view of my combined mill, adj usted for grinding apples for cider.` i Figure 2, a vertical transverse section ofthe same, as represented in iig. 1. f

Figure 3, a vertical transverse section, in a plane i parallel to that'of g. 2, of thesarne, 4adjusted for grinding or crushing grapes for wine.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts in the General Description.

' In the drawing,I r

A represents the frame of the mill; B B, O O, the crushing-rolls; j B' GLthe shaftsof the rolls B C; D, the main, and E,a supplementary driving-shaft;

E E1 E2 E3, the gearing employed to connect the several shafts;

F, a pulley, provided onthe supplementary driving- `shaft D', for the application of motion to the rolls from lsome motor, through a belt; and i G G', angular heads, provided on the driving-shaftsl D D', for the application of winches or cranks thereto,

` byrwhich to ope'rate the rolls. .1

H represents a iiy-wheel, provided on the drivingf shaft D.

a* a* represent closed ends of the frame A; I'representsthe hopper; J, theregulating-slide of tbesame;

t' t', cleats, forming the supports and guides of the slide J; l i

K, a clamp-scremfor holding the slide J at its 'dif-y ferent adjustments;

k, a nut, for the engagement of the screw K;

` k', a Washer, placed beneath thellead of the screw; and i j,fa longitudinal slot rin the slide, for the recep tion of the screw.

L represents a xed board or ]Jlate, forming the back of the intermediate,chamber of the mill, between the two sets of rolls, andlthe sides of which are formed by the ends a* of the fraine; and V i L', a corresponding board or plate, formingtbe fron* wall of said chamber, and adjustable, so as in one posit-ion, (fig. 2,) in conjunction with L, to guide the par tially-crushed fruit Afrom the upper to the lower set of rolls, (for cider, &c.,) or by adjustment to another position, (fig. 3,) to admit of the iutroductionrof a cutoff, to carry ofi" the fruit as it comes from the first set -of rolls, (for wine, &c.,) and tofform a guard to secure the proper dischargev of the same.

MvM represent rods for the support of the walls L L of the intermediate chamber of the mill, being respectively fixed and adjustable. v

m m represent the sockets for the rod M, occupied, respectively, in supporting the wall L in its two positions.

l represents the pivots or hinge ofthe wall L, and l',

a staple on the same, for the reception Aof the rod M',

when in its socket m.

a ai represent cleats, on the inner sides of the ends a* of the mill, serving to close the crevices between the walls L L and the ends, when the former serve to close the intermediate chamber of the mill, to cause the fruit to pass through the second set of rolls, and

to form. abutments, againstA which to .support said` walls in this position.

N O represent the chutes for' carrying ofi` the crushed j fruit and juice, being respectively supported, when in use, in aV proper inclined position below both, and below the upper, only, of the sets of rolls for this purpose.

r a2 a2 represent cleats, provided on the ends of the mill, beneathI the second set of rolls, for the support of the chute N, and a3 a3, notches or grooves in the cleats a al, for the support of O.t

P l represent Scrapers, for cleaning the rolls` C. The materials employed in building the mill, and

the precise form of its several parts, their proportions and precise arrangement, are capable of variation.

The frame A, with the hopper I J, the walls L L', of the intermediate chamber of the mill;I and the discharge-chutes N O, are preferably made of wood, ythe remaining parts of iron., or other suitable metal.`

The rolls B C are preferably, respectively, tootlied and plain, and cast hollow, as represented; but one of the first set (B) may preferably be employed in connection with a toothed concave. j

The shafts B C,'D D', are mounted in suitable boxes in the frame, as shown. l

The shaft D', with its appurtenances, may be dispensed with, the shaft D being provided with a pulley,

if requisite. W'heu both are employed, either or both may be provided with the angular heads G G. D when employed as shown, is preferably made removable, so as to be removed when not in nse,to save the power which would otherwise be consumed iu driving it.

The inner one of the gears F3, of the rolls (l, may preferably be made removable, to 'prevent the operation of said rolls when they are not used.

Any suitable means, other than thos'e shown and described, may be employed to support the wall L, of the intermediate chamber, if preferred; Aand any equivaient of the means Z l', M', m m', for supporting the adjustable wall L', may be used.

'lhe discharge-chute N (one) may be removable, and serve inboth uses of the mill, being supported respectively onthe cleats in the groove a3, the supplementary chute O, for secondary use, be dispensed with, or both be employed, as preferred. In either case, any

suitable means lmay be employed for the support of the said chute or chutes. l

The Scrapers P,'for the rolls O, may be supported and arranged in any suitable manner, similarly or diversely. As shown, they are attached, respectively, one to the inner side ofa cross-bar, connecting the two bars of the frame in which the rolls C are journaled, and to the upper side of the chute N, projecting, respectively, down and up, in conformity with their position, to secure the discharge of the matter removed.

Operation.

The operation of the mill is as follows: For cider: The slide J being properly adj usted and secured by the clamp-screw K, the rollsB and C both in gear, the wall-L' of the intermediate chamber of the mill closed, (against its supporting-cleat a',) and supthe driving-shafts D D', and their connecting-gearing, v

E El E2 E3; the apples being carried down by the teeth of the exposed one of the rolls B, and crushed and torn between them, thence passing through the intermediate chamber to the rolls C, where the crushingoperation is completed, and they reduced to pomace, which, with the expressed juice, is discharged over the chute N into receptacles placed to receive it.

For wine: The adjustment of the feed-regulating slide J being attended to as before, the wall L' of the intermediate chamber, supported in its'open position by the rod M', in its socket in', passing through the staples Z 011 it, and the chute O, (or N,) supported in the groove a3, betweeny the rolls B and G, as represented in iig. 3, and, if desired, the rolls C disconnected from B, the grapes or other fr'uit are placed iu the hopper, and, mot-ion being imparted, fed and crushed between the rolls B, and then discharged by' the chute, without passing through the rolls C, the wall L serving, in this adjustment, as a guard to prevent the pulp and juice flying out of the mill.

C lafims.

I claim, as new- L 1. The door or adjustable 'wall L', of' the intermediate chamber between the two sets ofgrinding or crushing-devices, as and for the purp'ose set' forth.

2. The combination of' the'chute-supports a2 (L2/arranged, rclatively to the two sets of grindingor crushing-devices, as shown, and the adjustable wall L', and removable chute or chutes N O, as and for the purposes described.

To the above speciiication of my wine and cidermill, I have signed my hand, this 18th day of August, 1869.

EDWARD C. LEWIS.

Y Vitnesses:

I. MARTIN DODGE, J AMES P. Fonon. 

